(Editor's Note: The Recorder is featuring a weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the 250 th anniversary on July 4, 2026 of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The series is being provided by the Alta Mira Chapter of the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Loucks wrote this article for the California State America 250 Committee).

The Boston Tea Party is an appropriate event to launch the CSSDAR’s celebration of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. No, this event didn't start the Revolution, but it was a pivotal event as the Patriots built up to the movement to declare their independence from England. The cost of defending the American Colonies during the French and Indian War had drained the

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